District of columijia



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v G. F. BROTT.

P001) BLOCK FOR ANIMALS. No. 422,370. Patented Mam. 4, 1890.

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Nits Mares Parana i lil l". lllOT'l, OF lVSlllNGTON, DISTRICT OF tvOIiUlilllfi, AtihilGNOll Ol UNH-HALF T() li. C. BAILEY, OF liAI/ll'hlURlfl, BIARXiMiNl).

FEDQBLCK FR NEMALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters atent No. 422,370, dated March e, 1890.

Application filed November 30, 1888. Serial No, 292,275, iNo specimens.)

To whom it may concern.'

he it known that I, GEORGE F. .Usern a ci tiren of the United States, residing at Nash-4 iiigtoii, iii the District of Columbia, have in- 5 yented certain new and useful Improvements i n Annual-'Feed lilocks; and I dodeclare thi` lollowiii to be a f ull, clear, and osant description ol' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it .appero tains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to -the letters of reference marked thereon, which'lorm a part of this specilieatii'ni.

.ll y invention relates to improvements in 3 the manner of putting up food for animals; and 1t has for its object the production Of food-blocks which will occupy but comparatively small space in shipment or storage, which will not be liable to damage by mold, o and which will bc convenient in use.

'llie invention will Iirst be described in connection with the accompanying drawings, and then pointed out in the claim.

.Figure l represents a block or brick of animal food formed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section therethrough, taken on the line X X of Fig'. l. Iiig. 23 represents a number of the bricks or blocks as they appear when packed for ,o transportation or storage.

-Before proceeding to describe my invention I will, in order to make the purpose of said invention more easily understood, de*A scribe the ingredients I preferably use in g5 forming the animal feed above referred t0 and the method I employ in mixing the same. 'lo this end I preferably use the followingnamed ingredients in the quantities named, viz: bran, iive parts; potatoes or ground oats, lo two parts; ground corn, two parts; cotton r linseed oil cake meal, one part, as I have found the saine to be the best producers of fat, bone, and muscle, and I place the same in any approved mixing apparatus, and there i subJect them to thorough agitation and to the action of steam, or mix a little water with said ingredients and subject them to a dry heat, or to any other desired treatment, whereby the starchy properties inherent in ,O the several substances are partially developed to form an adhesive substance, whereby the component parts of the mixture are held together. l

y After being treated as above set forth, the mixture is placedin a compressiiig-machine of any desired character, and there formed into blocks or bricks of the requisite density and of size sui'lieient to form a suitable quantity for one feed of a horse, cow, or other animal. After compression, the block or brick should be placed in* a kiln and then subjected tothe action of dryT heat, that it may be quickly and thoroughly dried.

l will now describe the precise character of my invention.

Referring` to the drawings, A designates a block or brick of animal feed, having its central portion removed, as shown at ll, and its side surfaces corrugated, as shown at U, either by the compressing-niachine or by a process separate therefrom, for the purpose of per mitting a free circulation of air to all parts of the block or brick when the saine is packed for transportation or storage, as shown by Fig. 3.

It will be readily apparent that because of the corrugated or tinted surfaces of the blocks contact therebetween when the blocks are. packed in the manner shown in Fig. 3 while sufficient for practical purposes is yet very SD slight, inasmuchl as they only are in contact at the immediate central portion of the crowns of the outwardly curved port-ions of the blocks, whereby airhas free access to almost the entire exterior surfaces of the blocks. It is also apparent that contact between the blocks may be further decreased by arranging` them at right angles to each other when packed.

Y It will be understood that the aperture or 9o cerrugations may extend transversely of the block,if desired,-in lieu of the manner shown.

For use, the block or brick is immersed in water, and thereby softened, and here the central perforation, aside from allowing a free passage of air through the block, serves another very useful purposethat is to say, it permitstlie absorption of water from the inner side of the block, and in this manner ancre thoroughly and expeditiously puts the roe food in good condition for use.

It will be apparent that a block or brick of l animal feed formed as above set forth will block having n Central perforation and eorpossess advantges not possessed by those rngated exterior surfaces, substantially :is Raving a, similar configuration, among; described, and for the purposes set fort-h. which mary be mentioned ease of tmnsportzi- In testimony whereof Iniiix my signature in 5 tion, packing, storing', :ind use, as wel). Visits presence of two witnesses.

freedom from. mold, moisture, 61:0., hmngh the free eireniation of air to all parts tbc-imei?. GEORGE I-`. 13R( '1"i.

I elain1 Witnesses: A food-package consisting of a quantity of OCTAVIUS KNIGHT, 1o food for animals pressed into a block, said ALBERT \VOOD.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 422,370.

It is hereby certified that the neme of the assignee in Letters Patent No. 422,370,

grunted March 4, 51890, upon the appliezttien ef George F. Brett, of Washnigton, District efll'oumbia., for an improvementin Feed-Blocks for Animals, Was erroneously written and printed F. C. Bailey@ that seid neme should have been Written and pr;` bailey, and tlm-t the said Letters Patent should be rend with this correction therein that the sature may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed, eountersigned, :md sen-led this 18th day of March, A. l). 1800.

CYRUS BUSSEY, Assistant Secretary if the Inferior,

Countersi gned C. E. MI'i'GiIELL.

Commissioner of' Patents. 

